(Photo credit: Boston Lyric Opera)

Works & Process announces its 40th anniversary season taking place in spring 2025.

For the purposes of this article only opera events are included.

Fortieth Works & Process at the Guggenheim Series – Performance Highlights and Discussions

Excerpts from Sarah Ruhl and Anthony Roth Costanzo’s reimagining of Vivaldi “The Seasons” are performed prior to its world premiere in March at Boston Lyric Opera. Costanzo and Ruhl are joined by director Zack Winokur, and choreographer Pam Tanowitz in a moderated discussion with Boston Lyric Opera’s Artistic Director Nina Yoshida Nelsen.

Performance Date: January 14, 2025

Go behind the scenes with composer Huang Ruo, librettist David Henry Hwang, and director Diane Paulus as they
discuss their newest collaboration, “THE MONKEY KING” (猴王悟空). Excerpts are performed ahead of the
production’s world premiere taking place as part of San Francisco Opera’s fall 2025 season.

Performance Date: March 9, 2025

Ricky Ian Gordon, Lynn Nottage, and Ruby Aiyo Gerber participate in a panel discussion on their work “This House.” A preview performance of the opera is also scheduled. “This House” makes its premiere with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis this season.

Performance Date: April 6, 2025

Soprano Mikaela Bennett performs excerpts from the new opera by Derek Bermel and Sandra Cisneros, “The House on Mango Street.” Bermel and Cisneros participate in a moderated discussion alongside Glimmerglass Festival Artistic and General Director Rob Ainsley and dramaturg Kelley Rourke. “The House on Mango Street” premiere at the upcoming Glimmerglass Festival.

Performance Date: April 7, 2025

Ahead of John Adams’s “Antony and Cleopatra” premiere, Met General Manager Peter Gelb moderates a discussion with the creative team. Members of the cast will perform highlights from the score.

Performance Date: April 28, 2025

Works & Process at National Sawdust

Prior to its world premiere at the 2025 Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kamala Sankaram and Paul Muldoon’s new opera “Custom of the Coast” is performed in excerpts. “Custom of the Coast”  is a culmination of a workshop that was part of
the production’s residency at Potash Hill and sponsored by Works & Process LaunchPAD and Experiments in Opera. The creators sit for a moderated discussion.

Performance Date: February 9, 2025